Ötnap
Five Days : Cinque Giorni
Sound itself is universal — like any other sensory stimuli . However , language constrains our ability to verbally describe or reproduce these stimuli : for example , through the existing verbs of a sound ’ s producer , or through onomatopoeic words . The way we perceive and characterize sound , therefore , is diferent within the boundaries of each language . Within the context of Budapest , the four-day workshop task , and given our group was comprised of five people speaking three diferent languages ( Hungarian , English , Italian ), we decided to use the linguistic diversity as a creative tool with which to absorb the city in an unusual way .
The workshop started with a group analysis of a map of Budapest , on which each one of us chose a place and a relative keyword , according to our experiences of the city . We then compiled those words and picked them out of a hat to initiate project ideas ; ours being ‘ Identity ’ and ‘ Light ’. After studying the diferent semiological and semantic layers of the two words we decided to focus on ‘ Identity ’ and its relationship to Budapest , and Hungarian ; both linguistically and sonically . Language and identity are inextricable ; this is especially true with regards to Hungarian as its linguistic roots are unlike any other european language and is only spoken in Hungary . We tried to draw connections between this and language as city noise .
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